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Counselor, Licensed AOP (60865)

DIVERSUS HEALTH INC·Colorado Springs, Colorado

$62,500 - $86,000/yr·Full Time·Hybrid·2-5 yrs·
Posted 4 months ago
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About the role

The counselor will evaluate mental health diagnoses, create treatment plans, and provide quality clinical care to clients. They are also responsible for maintaining accurate documentation and coordinating services with various stakeholders.

Job DetailsJob Location

  • Moreno -
  • Colorado
  • Springs,
  • CO 80905Position
  • Type:
  • Full
  • TimeSalary
  • Range: $62,500.00 - $86,000.00
  • SalaryJob
  • Shift:
  • AnyFLSA
  • Status:
  • EXEMPT: This position is classified as Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.
  • Job
  • Summary: As an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team, the Therapist (Licensed) provides expert, quality, and transparent clinical mental health services to meet needs of Diversus Health’s clients. Clinical work may include but is not limited to completing diagnostic assessments, individual, group or family therapy and providing crisis de-escalation/stabilization as needed. Renders services to clients and/or their families in various settings, to include but not limited to outpatient, inpatient, home, or community-based environments. In addition to providing quality care, focus in this role is on clinical confidence and further expanding clinical knowledge and expertise as a licensed professional.
  • Essential
  • Functions:
  • Clinical
  • Care: Provides effective diagnostic assessments to include psycho-social history, diagnostic justification and conceptualization of client needs to drive treatment planning and quality of care. Completes comprehensive assessments for intake diagnostics, safety and risk management, and treatment planning that is strengths-based and culturally inclusive of client preferences. Effectively develops and communicates treatment recommendations to clients that are grounded in diagnostic evidence and measured by clinical outcome tools. Provides expert, quality, and transparent individual, group and family therapy that is evidence based and outcomes informed. May include treatment of co-occurring (MH and SUD) clients. Provides treatment that involves the client as co owner of their treatment plan and drives care based on and measured by client feedback about quality of care, therapeutic rapport, and status of symptoms. Engages at risk clients with strategic safety planning and interventions that deescalate and stabilize them and can initiative involuntary mental health hold if appropriate based on severity of risk. Develops safety plans that balance risk assessment with client strengths, support systems, and supervisor feedback as needed. Completes all crisis-related documentation in clear, comprehensive, and timely fashion. Ensures all clinical documentation is completed in a timely manner and meets quality standards, in compliance with state and federal regulations. Demonstrates multicultural awareness and sensitivity to client treatment preferences. Utilizes client feedback mechanisms to assess treatment progress, level of motivation, treatment preferences, and recommends lengths of stay/ treatment modalities by balancing these factors in clinically appropriate ways. Maintains effective relationship with operations staff to understand caseload, including how to maximize scheduling to increase client engagement including discharging clients after clinically appropriate intervals of care. Utilizes data to maximize care delivery and productivity opportunities and demonstrates understanding of caseload dynamics i.e., LOS, clinical complexity, service delivery intervals.
  • Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Licensed, in good standing, in the State of Colorado in a counseling, social work, or related behavioral health field (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, PsyD, PhD) Must have sufficient language skills and be able to communicate both verbally and in writing to accurately and professionally implement and document the services provided to clients. Must possess basic computer skills and type 25+ w.p.m. for the input and output of client information, using electronic health record. Must be able to perform and understand active listening, ethical conduct, social perception, service orientation, complex problem solving, writing, monitoring, judgment and decision making skills Experience working therapeutically with specified population. Experience using various treatment modalities appropriate for specified population, utilizing strength-based therapeutic approaches. Experience working in a team environment.
  • QualificationsJoin the
  • Diversus
  • Health
  • Team: Where Your Career Meets Purpose and Well-being! At Diversus Health, we’re dedicated to transforming mental and behavioral healthcare to improve lives. Our mission is to provide trusted, affordable, and personalized care that empowers individuals to lead healthier, more fulfilling lives. And we’re doing it with a team of passionate professionals who believe in the power of making a difference every day. When you join our team, you’re not just another employee- you’re part of a community that values your growth, well-being, and success.
  • We live by our
  • Core
  • Values:
  • Teamwork: We achieve more together.
  • Solution-Minded: We embrace problems as opportunities.

Impactful

We inspire positive outcomes.

Integrity

  • We commit to do what is right. These values guide everything we do- from how we treat each other to how we care for our clients. They reflect our culture and our unwavering dedication to building a truly healthy society.
  • Our
  • Rich
  • Benefits
  • Package
  • Includes:
  • Exceptional
  • Health
  • Benefits: medical, dental, vision 401(k) Company Match with 4% fully vested Generous Vacation & Sick Time Paid Long-Term Disability Coverage Paid Holidays including 3 Floating Holidays Employee Assistance Program Professional Development Funds Robust Training Program At Diversus Health, we believe in creating a truly healthy society, where mental and behavioral healthcare work together to improve lives. Join our team and help us make this lofty goal a reality. Together, we can build a better tomorrow. Ready to make an impact? Apply today!

Requirements

Candidates must hold a master's degree in a behavioral science field and possess a valid clinical licensure such as LMFT, LCSW, LPC, or PsyD. Proficiency in electronic health record systems and experience with clinical documentation are required.

  • postgraduate degree
  • Communication skills
  • Office 365
  • Customer service
  • Treatment planning
  • Clinical assessment
  • Electronic health record systems
  • Crisis intervention
  • Case management
  • Behavioral health
  • Clinical documentation
  • Boundary setting
  • Mental health diagnosis

Benefits

  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Paid holidays
  • Health benefits
  • Vacation time
  • 401(k) company match
  • Employee assistance program
  • Sick time
  • Floating holidays
  • Professional development funds
  • Paid long-term disability coverage
  • Second language monthly bonus

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Experience
2-5 yrs
Salary
$62,500 - $86,000/yr
Location
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Posted
Mar 3, 2026
Application
Employer website
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DIVERSUS HEALTH INC

Diversus Health was established 151 years ago, when we were named the Springs Relief Society. At the time, we were known for delivering coal, lumber, and clothing to our community’s most vulnerable. Today, we are the largest behavioral health care provider in El Paso, Park, and...

Salary listed on 9 jobs
IndustryMental Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size201-500 employees
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